Hosted by Wharton and QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the global awards competition evaluates higher education projects that enhance learning and employability and are both innovative and scalable.

Data+ is a ten-week interdisciplinary research experience that exposes undergraduates to modern data science in a peer learning community and provides professional development for graduate student mentors. Each Data+ team consists of two to three undergraduates, a doctoral student mentor, Duke faculty in the research area and a client.

Clients provide real-world research questions and request deliverables. Students learn how to marshal, analyze and visualize data, while gaining broad exposure to the field of data science. Working in a communal environment, students learn from others within their teams as well as the larger Data+ community.

Data+ is part of Bass Connections’ Information, Society & Culture theme. Last summer, approximately 300 students applied and 70 were selected to participate. Over 50% of the students enrolled in Data+ identified as female. New projects for Summer 2017 will be announced later this month.

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The Data+ 2017 program runs from May 22 until July 28, 2017. The application deadline is February 20, 2017, but applications are evaluated on a rolling basis. The first round of offers will go out January 25 and the second will go out February 25.